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Welcome to the Acoustic Scale Wiki
The topic of the wiki is bio-acoustic communication — that is, how animal calls and the sounds of speech and music are produced, and how we perceive them. The focus is on the acoustic scale information in these sounds; that is,
- how the size of the sender affects the acoustic scale information in the sound,
- how the auditory system segregates the acoustic scale information from the message of the communication, and
- how it uses the acoustic scale information to estimate the size of a source, or discriminate which of two like sources is the larger.
An extended description of auditory perception is provided in Now See Hear! – a parallel stream of the wiki with videos that illustrate how the auditory system separates temporal fine structure, which we hear as pitch and timbre, from the temporal envelope, which we hear as the dynamics of auditory events.
The wiki was set up as a common workspace for collaborative research on communication sounds, and as a repository for information on acoustic scale and auditory size. It is not intended as a discussion forum like the traditional wiki. So Anonymous users and Normal users cannot edit pages on the wiki or add pages to it. If you have relevant information that you think should be added to the wiki, please send it to us, and we will add a page or assign you editing privileges (Sysop users).
Anonymous users can read the public pages without the need to log in. They cannot read "restricted" pages or modify any of the pages. Normal users have the same privileges, but they log in and can save their preferences. To create and edit pages you need Sysop users privileges (and to read the content of restricted pages). If you think you need Sysop access, email .
To create an account and become a normal user, you need to send an email to providing your name, professional address, and a username. We will create the account as soon as possible, and send you a password and information concerning your account.
